The chaos machine : the inside story of how social media rewired our minds and our world
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New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2022].
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First edition.
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, [2022].
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 389 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-375) and index
Description
The gripping and galling inside story of how Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks preyed on psychological frailties to create the algorithms that drive everyday users to extreme opinions and, increasingly, extreme actions. The companies' founding tenets, combined with a blinkered focus on maximizing engagement, have led to a destabilized world for everyone. -- adapted from jacket